Annotation:Zenda Waltz
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ZENDA WALTZ. AKA and see "La Zenda Waltz," "La Zinda Waltz," "Lucenda Waltz," "Zender Waltz," "Zinder Waltz." American, Canadian; Waltz. A Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Phillips): ABB (Messer). Frank Nims writes that the “Zenda Waltz” was:
“...composed by Frank M. Witmark around 1896. It was written as incidental music for a stage version of the hit novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), an adventure set in the imaginary Balkan kingdom of Zenda. Anyhow, I know it as the theme song of magician Howard Thurston, a very big star in his time (~1910-1930). For decades after his passing, at magicians' gatherings, if somebody was demonstrating an especially show-bizzy sort of trick one of the onlookers was sure to start humming "Zenda Waltzes". I'm guessing it became known among traditional musicians via Thurston, who toured the country on a grand scale (ten freight cars worth of props & scenery in his prime). Although obviously it stands on its own merits now. Might be interesting to see how the folk process has changed it over the years.”
